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version: 8.1.0-dp-1
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# LiveCode Builder Language
## Variables

- Typed variables are now initialised by default to a suitable empty
  value.  For example:

  ```
  variable tList as List
  push "element" onto tList
  ```

  Untyped and `optional` variables are initialised to `nothing`.

# [14659] Initialise variables with a default value
